FOI release

Housing disrepair claims

Case reference FOI2023/00643

Received 14 December 2023

Published 13 December 2024

Request

I am writing to request the following, under the FOI Act. 1) The number of live housing disrepair claims lodged with your council as of 01/12/2023 2) The number of housing disrepair claims made against your council for each of the financial years 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23. 3)The number of housing disrepair claims settled for each of the financial years 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23. 4) The average cost (£) of each disrepair claim settlement for each of the financial years 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23. 5) Your council's total annual spend on external legal costs relating to disrepair claims (£) -- by external costs I am referring to barristers and solicitors engaged outside the council's own salaried legal staff for each of the financial years 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23. 6) Your council's total annual spend on compensation for housing disrepair claims (£) for each of the financial years 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23. Please supply the information in spreadsheet format (excel) if possible.

Response

Please see the response in attachment.

Documents

• FOI Standard Response_FOI2023_00643 (redacted).pdf (369.5 KB)

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